Training
Training provides businesses the opportunity to strengthen their employees’ existing skills and learn new ones, helping to boost individual and organizational performance. Training allows employees to become more effective while also increasing job satisfaction and reducing employee turnover.
Effective employment law training is equally important to running a best-in-class business. It is also critical in today’s work and regulatory environment. The options for off-the-shelf “check the box” training are endless. However, those trainings lack customization and relevance to a company’s culture and existing policies and often fail to effectively communicate and resonate with employees anxious to complete the required module and move on.
Kathlyn has been training employees for more than fifteen years on all facets of employment law and regulatory compliance, as well as on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), with a focus on unconscious bias.
Kathlyn has trained human resources professionals, management, and employees in all sizes of businesses and across industries. Whether conducting an intensive course for a small group of HR professionals or designing and implementing company-wide training, Kathlyn distills difficult concepts into digestible and interesting sessions, calling upon her 15 years of experience defending businesses against claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation and providing daily advice and counsel on employee relations matters.
Kathlyn does not just teach legal concepts; she tells stories and provides practical tips to create higher retention and recall, leading to a memorable and sticky learning experience.
HR Training
Customized employee training including but not limited to:
Deep-dive trainings on a variety of employment law topics geared to enhance and hone the skills and effectiveness of human resources professionals.
- ADA, FMLA and the Interplay with Worker’s Compensation, STD and LTD
- ADA Compliance: The Interactive Process, Essential Job Functions and Undue Hardship
- How to Conduct and Document Effective Internal Investigations
- Creating and Maintaining Harassment-Free Workplace
- Handling Mental Health and Substance Abuse in the Workplace
Handling the Interplay of Employee with Employee Complaints
(*Options: Customized, In person or virtual, and with option to record for use on company learning management platform).
MANAGEMENT TRAINING
Customized manager/supervisor training Including but not limited to:
- Religious and Disability Accommodations
- Responding to Employee Complaints and Avoiding Retaliation
- Managers Guide to The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Creating Effective Job Descriptions
- Recruiting, Interviewing, Selecting and Hiring Employees
- Managing Employee Performance
- Discipline, Documentation and Termination Best Practices
(*Options: In-person or virtual with option to record and use on company learning management platform, can be done as “train the-trainer” or module script development).
ALL EMPLOYEE TRAINING
Customized employee training including but not limited to:
- Non-discrimination and anti-harassment
- EEOC Consent Decree Training
- Sexual Harassment Prevention
(*Options: In-person or virtual with option to record and use on company learning management platform, can be done as “train the-trainer” or module script development).
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Kathlyn provides interactive industry-tailored trainings and keynote speaking engagements on diversity, equity and inclusion, particularly in the area of unconscious/implicit bias. Kathlyn has been researching, speaking and training on implicit bias for nearly a decade.
